Fun and Pathos of One LifeNeale, 1908 - 187 pages |
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... hours spent on the little volume . The contents are not wholly original , but quite as original as are most human things , for under the sun there is nothing new . The booklet was written for pastime and is respectfully dedicated to all ...
... hours spent on the little volume . The contents are not wholly original , but quite as original as are most human things , for under the sun there is nothing new . The booklet was written for pastime and is respectfully dedicated to all ...
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... hours . " How little he compre- hended the meaning of delay . How ma- ligned and misunderstood is that word in its relation to the lives of men . " No gentler hand is used to soften death's unkindly blow . It halts the grim messenger on ...
... hours . " How little he compre- hended the meaning of delay . How ma- ligned and misunderstood is that word in its relation to the lives of men . " No gentler hand is used to soften death's unkindly blow . It halts the grim messenger on ...
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... hour . In Jack's thoughts of easy conquest amid alien surroundings he gravely misjudged mankind . He did not know that the com- munity into which he went , unaccredited and unknown , was aiding book agents out of town when they desired ...
... hour . In Jack's thoughts of easy conquest amid alien surroundings he gravely misjudged mankind . He did not know that the com- munity into which he went , unaccredited and unknown , was aiding book agents out of town when they desired ...
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... hour he was finding out things about mankind worthy of analysis . As he knocked at the cottage door an old woman opened it about half an inch and said : " Well , what's doin ' ? " At a glance Jack was convinced she did not belong to the ...
... hour he was finding out things about mankind worthy of analysis . As he knocked at the cottage door an old woman opened it about half an inch and said : " Well , what's doin ' ? " At a glance Jack was convinced she did not belong to the ...
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... hour I'll give you a warm bite , but we don't want no ' Encyclo- pedias , nor On - a - bridge Websters , ' nor Left - overs - done - over - by - the - Cook , ' nor ' Be- your - own - Doctor , ' nor ' Expurgatoried Lives of the Saints ...
... hour I'll give you a warm bite , but we don't want no ' Encyclo- pedias , nor On - a - bridge Websters , ' nor Left - overs - done - over - by - the - Cook , ' nor ' Be- your - own - Doctor , ' nor ' Expurgatoried Lives of the Saints ...
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Page 129 - OPPORTUNITY MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, . And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe...
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Page 130 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 129 - MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain and...
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